Hello! it's good to see a fellow Filipino around :D much cooler seeing you've already watched Mushishi (it's quite unpopular in our country, don't you think?). By the way, I'm just wondering if you like anime in the Samurai genre?

Hello fellow MAL member! :D
Are you a movie addict? Or do you enjoy casually watching a movie together with your friends? If films, animated or live-action ones are something you like, have you ever wondered about participating in such activities where you can discuss about your favorite movies with your friends on MAL?

Yeah, I'll be very busy until the 7th of December, but until then, I'll have some pretty great animes to watch, right ? Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso, FSN: UBW, Psycho-Pass 2, Parasyte, Gundam G Reconguista, Log Horizon 2... not so bad a season !

Yes, those are my top 5. They're only 3. If I had to name 2 more, I suppose I would have to say Madan no Ou to Vanadis, despite being the penultimate generic show ever, and then perhaps Shirobako, the first P.A. Works show in a long while that isn't crap.

Sorry for the late reply, I'm studying every day for my big Japanese test in December right now on top of my (busy) work, so I don't have much time, even for anime.

Reconguista is AWESOME so far. The best thing coming out of the Gundam franchise since Turn A, so 15 years now. Tomino's direction is PHENOMENAL, the art and music are breathtaking - very reminiscing of the 90's as you said, it wil just be a pleasure and treat to the eyes and ears every week to watch this series, even if there will be some less than stellar episodes at times, obviously. I'm so glad Tomino's having a final shot at his franchise !

Apart from that, I've been watching bits and pieces of first episodes of new animes this season when I had some time and we have some good stuff, mainly sequels and adaptations like Unlimited Blade Works, Build Fighters Try, Psycho Pass 2, Log Horizon 2, Kiseijuu... Among the "smaller" or less expected series, I really liked Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso, and I guess I'll watch more of Akatsuki no Yona also. How about your findings ?

Twelve got shot so I'm happy.Would've preferred if Lisa was shot first. Well, it definitely was not a bad show.

Yeah. But then I compare to other shows and for some reason it's often the case that the military comes across as a bunch of idiots who have nothing to do in the military. Of course, there would be exceptions where the military is portrayed as a rather competent group of people, but those are really in the minority.

Avoiding bullets is something pretty much anyone in any show (of course, only those that actually involve gunfights and stuff) can do these days though, so I don't think it's something that dooms the show. As for the armoured vehicle that can withstand a direct hit from an RPG, what I was thinking at that scene was actually not about the car, but more that "whoa, why do the Martians still have regular RPGs?" ( ¬‿¬)

And the negatives that you point out about the characters are actually the only negatives if you ask me, the rest being positive. (⌐‿⌐ ) But yeah, opinions. ┐(￣ー￣)┌

And in the end, Five (before she blew herself up T_T), Nine and Shibazaki were the only characters I even remotely liked in ZnT. Goes without saying that I thoroughly disliked Lisa all along and started disliking Twelve more and more the more he seemed to care for Lisa. Other than that, it's the OST that keeps me in the show.

But uh, let's see. My best shows thus far 2014 would be... I guess Silver Spoon S2 from Winter, No Game No Life, Mahouka (don't mind the LN-reader bias) and Knights of Sidonia from Spring and from Summer it'd be Aldnoah and Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun. I thought Barakamon might've ended up higher as it was really charming at first, but somewhere halfway through it didn't feel quite as good anymore.

Why do you think Aldnoah turned into a ridiculous anime ? For me, it was not only the best/second best anime of the season, but also better than Zankyou no Terror overall, which didn't really "rise" above expectations (and don't get me wrong, I love it, but it's still far from what we could have expected from such a talented team).

Aldoah was similar in terms of characters and development to Gargantia or Fate/Zero (by the same director), and despite having some weird parts, remained consistent as far as the script and characters go, with some awesome developments at times. The ending to this first season was great too, as were the music and OP/ED.